Gender differences in the use of coping strategies to reduce food insecurity in Colombia

Author:

Sanchez-Céspedes Lina María1ORCID,Suárez-Higuera Eliana Lorena1ORCID,Soto-Rojas Victoria Eugenia2ORCID,Rosas-Vargas Lina Johanna1ORCID,Castillo-Matamoros Sara Eloísa Del1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia

2. Universidad Icesi-Cali, Colombia

Abstract

This study explores the gender differences in the use of coping strategies to reduce food insecurity in Colombian urban and rural households. Data was collected from the Colombian National Survey of Nutritional Status (ENSIN 2015), and analyzed using ordinal logistic regression models, logistic models, and simultaneous equation models. Results show that rural households have a higher prevalence of food insecurity than their urban counterparts. After adjusting for household characteristics - e.g., head of household schooling level -, urban households were more likely to present severe and moderate food insecurity, whereas rural households were more likely to experience mild food insecurity. This result was explained by self-consumption and certain coping strategies, such as selling seeds from the next harvest or animals, implemented by rural households. Even though female-headed households present on average higher levels of food insecurity than male-headed ones, because they are more likely to use coping strategies, especially in rural areas, they can reduce and even cancel out this gap. Hence, female heads are more successful in mitigating food insecurity.

Publisher

FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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